Kiplinger Predicts Prosperity and a Home-Building Boom
Kiplinger foresees a new period of prosperity from spring 1936 to 1940 41 driven by inflation in credit and a coming housing boom. He cites higher marriage rates, easing unemployment, and government pressure to lower financing costs as key forces. Public housing starts next fall, though other factors may override government influence.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
ILNS
W. M. Kiplinger
Common Citizen
Kiplinger
Willy Nilly
Wall Street
Trade unionists convene Southern workers education conference
Nearly a hundred delegates from Mobile Macon Columbus Columbia Atlanta and other Southern centers attended the Workers Education Conference in Atlanta. Leaders from the Atlanta Federation of Labor and the AFL helped promote classes and education plans with possible FERA funding. The event stressed shorter hours better wages and union labels. Teams from United Textile Workers United Garment Workers Amalgamated Clothing Workers Printing Pressmen and the AFL Teachers supported organizing efforts across the region.
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Atlanta,Ga
ILNS
Mobile
Ala
Macon
Columbus
Columbia
Atlanta
Workers
Southern Summer Schools
Affiliated Schools For Workers
Atlanta Workers’ Education Committee
Steve Nance
Atlanta Federation of Trades and Labor
George Googe
American Federation of Labor
South
United Textile Workers
United Garment Workers
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
American Federation of Teachers
FERA
State Federations of Labor
Wagner labor disputes bill gains AFL support
The American Federation of Labor backs Senator Wagner's proposed Wagner disputes bill. It would outlaw company unions, define unfair labor practices, make Section 7 A of the NIRA law, and create a permanent three member National Labor Relations Board to settle disputes. Wagner argues for action to foster amity and fair dealing.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Wagner
New York
American Federation of Labor
Green
Federation
Congress
Senate
Labor Relations Board
NIRA
National Labor Relations Board
Turkish Women Vote in Turkey’s General Election
Turkish women vote for the first time in the general elections to choose 899 deputies for the Grand National Assembly. Public interest is dampened as only the Republican People's party exists and approves all candidates, making the election largely a test of personal popularity.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Grand National Assembly of
Republican People's Party
Detroit Concentration Point For Southern Workers
Detroit witnesses a growing influx of southern laborers drawn by auto industry jobs. Kentuckians and Tennesseans lead a “hillbilly section” south of Jefferson and Connor avenues as plants hire outsiders. Despite relief rolls, companies import workers unfamiliar with unions to break collective action.
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Detroit, Mich
ILNL
Detroit
Jefferson Avenue
Connor Avenue
Chysler, Hudson
Kentucky
Tennessee
Middle South
South
Labor Oversupply Drives Brutal Speed Up in Plants
The article exposes how Detroit plants exploit a vast pool of unemployed workers from Kentucky Tennessee Arkansas and elsewhere to maintain relentless production. Managers allegedly recruit from rural areas to replace exhausted labor and keep the workforce in a state of constant demand. The piece compares modern practices to historical plantation systems and argues bosses can always source new workers from the un employed.
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Detroit
Kenucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Carolina
Heartbreaking plight of Arkansas sharecroppers drew English visit
Mrs J B Mitchison of the English Labour party called the conditions of Eastern Arkansas sharecroppers heartbreaking. She and Mrs Zita Baker toured areas where alleged tenant evictions and socialist agitation have stirred unrest.
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Memphis
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Savage Auto Supply Co
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Toledo
Grunow
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